Missionary Baptist State Convention v. Wimberly Chapel Baptist Church

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Wertz, J.:

This was an action by the Missionary Baptist State Convention of Kansas, a religious corporation, for an order dissolving and declaring extinct the Wimberly Chapel Baptist Church of Osage City, Kansas, and transferring its property to the Missionary Baptist State Convention under G. S. 1949, 17-1713a, 17-1713b and 17-1713'c. Plaintiff has appealed from an order of the trial court holding the mentioned statutes unconstitutional.

Appellant, the Missionary Baptist State Convention, filed its application in the lower court for an order declaring…